NGC 6922
NGC 6922
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
267 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 267 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6922 as it looked roughly 267 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 6915Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6926Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6929Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6900Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6941Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6926Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6929Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6900Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6941Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral36 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).